Junior light-weight Archie Sharp maintained his unbeaten report with a complete 10-round unanimous choice over Alexis Boureima Kabore on the famed York Corridor, Bethnal Inexperienced, London on Friday night time.
The 26-year-old Londoner had an excessive amount of for Kabore, profitable 100-90 on all three judges’ scorecards.
Sharp (21-0, 9 knockouts) was all the time a step forward of Kabore, who had principally fought at junior featherweight, however was unable to cease the African fighter.
Greater challenges lie forward for Sharp, who had referred to as out not too long ago minted WBO 130-pound titlist Shakur Stevenson.
Kabore, 38, sees his report drop to (28-5, 7 KOs).
Within the chief supporting bout, Juan Carlos Abreu (24-6-1, 22 KOs) scored an upset by knocking out beforehand unbeaten Tursynbay Kulakhmet (4-1, 3 KOs) in seven rounds.
The 34-year-old Dominican Republic-born fighter had get off the canvas within the second spherical. He dropped his Kazakh opponent and was backing up throughout an alternate when he landed a tough proper and that left Kulakhmet face down on the canvas and counted out at 1:25 of the seventh spherical.
The win marked Abreu’s first combat since he was stopped by welterweight sensation Jaron “Boots” Ennis final September. The win will possible see Abreu transfer into the world rankings and earn one other payday.
It was a devastating loss for Kulakhmet. The fast-rising former beginner standout must regroup and try to rebuild.
In junior welterweight motion Pierce O’Leary (8-0, 4 KOs) dominated and stopped Siar Ozgul (15-7, 3 KOs) within the seventh spherical.
Former 2010 Commonwealth gold medalist Sean McGoldrick (11-1, 3 KOs) ended a 19-month hiatus with a six-round choice win over Stephen Jackson (1-5, 1 KO). The referee Mark Bates, was the only real decide and scored the competition 60-54.
Sam Gilley (12-1, 5 KOs) outscored Ghanian import Daniel Lartey (14-6-1, 12 KOs) over six-rounds. Gilley, who was preventing for the primary time since dropping his unbeaten report to Danny Ball in March, rebounded effectively to win all six-rounds in his first combat at junior middleweight.
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